flume
/fluːm/noun, verb
flume is spelled F-L-U-M-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flume means “A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flume is flumes.
How many letters and syllables are in flume?
| Letters | 5: F-L-U-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is flume?
Flume appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce flume?
- US /fluːm/
Flume has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flume.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flume?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flume from its last stressed vowel (/um/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of flume
- flumes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fluming participle, present
- flumed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flume mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- 2
An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
verb
- 1
To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flume in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense open channel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flume |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flume come from?
From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).